Rutland held its third annual Uff-Da Day on Sunday, October 11, 1987, and it was deemed the most successful to date. Events actually began Saturday evening with a potluck supper and concert. A 53-member orchestra and folk-dance group had arrived earlier on Saturday. Twenty-four of the group were members of the Vessigebro Dragspelklubb (Accordion Club) from Vessigebro, Sweden. The group was on a tour in the three state area as part of a cultural exchange. They performed in New York, Boston and Minneapolis, and were on their way to Fargo and then Minot. Performances were also done on Sunday at the Nordland Lutheran Church and Baptist Church. Members of the troupe stayed through Monday with host families in Rutland.

Sunday activities ran from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and included live demonstrations of pioneer crafts and ethnic foods, homemade ice cream and butter churning, four different horse and mule-drawn hayrides, the antique quilt display, an antique tractor pull and two more Scandinavian group performances. In addition to the ethnic food sales around town, an escalloped potato and ham dinner was served at City Hall. Ten roasters were consumed along with about 1,300 lefse, 800 rosettes, five roasters of rice pudding, and 12 batches of homemade ice cream (about 500 servings). The abelskievers were a big hit and the crew ran out of ingredients and had to raid their kitchens for more.

The antique tractor pull drew about 45 entries and was held in McLaen’s Meadow, just west of town. That competition took most of the afternoon.

According to the financial reports the two largest expenses for the event was, of course, the food from J&K Market and the Swedish group performances which ran a whopping $400.00. The profit from the event was just over $1,500.